The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-01

bed took hold of his arm. lie threw
himself off the bed and said, CDR, did We
make will" | sail, "Ycs." He said,
That is all wrong it must be destroyed.
What did we do? p | gave general &C
count of the provisions Of the will lie
said that it wouldn't Do. | said, "Well,
wen wait until you get better and fix it up
all right" lie said nothing more. saw
Allen at Lutz & Briggs drug store. said
that II. had got hold Of the will. After a
conversation with Allen at the bank, went
to RS house and told isis" that she must
watch for the will that X. had got back for
it was all she had, Morning she told me
waste paper, and asked rue what she should
do with it, | told her to get 1t back to
Allen. She told me to tell Allen to come
by the back way into the house and get II
This was two or three weeks after the will
of June ~ was made. After RS sickness
and in 81 | got communications from DR.,
Dewey. have burned them. To the docu-
mcnts that got from Dr. Dewey secured
RS signature,
Cros.Er Witness not very lucidly re
nairms what he said in direct testimony
about conversation with Mrs. and Mr.. K.
Never told Tufts that the gift to the library
was the plan of lifetime and that r. had
talked Of it for years. When K and Mrs.
r. talked over the disposition of their prop
erty together in nay presence they were un-
doubtedy sane | never knew that they
decided between them that the house should
become a library, but they decided that 1t
should he college old ladies' home,
hospital or library When in 'S3 X told
me that he wanted given to the county 200
acres of land he was sane. When in good
health L was a man of more than ordinary
ability. trace the record of RS physical
condition in ny account book, by the fact
that as he was worse physically | made him
more visits daily. So far as | know K. did
not ride out between Apr. $40. After
Apr. II he did ride out Cant recall any
thing that K said to me about his early life
from Apr 1924. During this time he rode
out some. Will not swear that from April
"a to May he rode out, but my recollec'
ton IS that he did not. Was worse on Apr.
% and 80 than on Apr "a. On Apr -
he was weak. On Apr. 20 he was much
worse than before and not able so far as l
know, to walk upstairs without help. His
mental condition worse than before and not
so bad as on Apr. 28th. From Apr. AT
don't think that he rode out Dom
think that he could have rode out. From
Apr. "A to 80 he was mentally very weak.
Even during his acute sickness K. could,
when there was a letting up Of his sickness,
tell me a pretty good story Of his early life.
He could not then tell Of recent events.
From March "a to July there was no time
when he could give me a detailed account of
anything that had had happened within the
last three years. At times in Oct. and
Sept. he could not, but from Aug. / to Dec.
he could at times At times in Dec. he
seemed almost VIM r. This was due
to improved physical condition. His men
tai troubles we're loss oi mrmory, absence OF
co ordination, and whNt ~n> left was only
of emotional nature. Thee arose only out
of the iii ,else and not due from old age.
When hvrween April 10 -, preached the
subiec, 81 making viii, doubt and then
doubted that he comprehended what |
talked of. | think that he comprehended
that talked of the disposition of his prop
erty. SO too on Apr. %. On Apr. "A and
% his comprehension was not so clear, but
he still comprehended the nature Of the con
versation. On Apr. - not quite so clearly
then as now thought that he did not fully
comprehend the conversation. When ap-
preached him about the will and he told me
that he did rot want to make will, he
comprehended what | said about the Will.
told II lawyer armstrong; to go there, lie
did so. ! dictated to Armstrong to write
down what had at other times understood
that r. wished | believe that Il. compre-
hcndcd what he was giving. told Arm
strong the truth and the facts that K. at n
time when he knew what he was talking
about had told them to me. Between Apr.
20 and May met with Armstrong at RS
house ) or times. These meetings began
about the 22d and continued with the ex-
cepion of one day daily until May z. I'm
not certain that we ever met on April -, but
there were certainly not less than i've
meetings nor than 5 meetings AT the
meeting of April - Of these meetings he
comprehended what at my suggestion and
with his assent Armstrong put into the Will.
On April n think he partially compre-
hended, but not as you or would. If in
my direct examination | swore that he did
not comprehend it, did not mean to. Arm
strong read that portion of the will that was
written out. X. dictated changes as Arm
strong came to them. Armstrong made
the changes and re read the corrected "iIl